Chance Cards (Print on Orbit Orange cardstock.)

There’s good luck and bad luck. The chance cards represent random good or

bad events that could happen to a person regardless of the amount of substance abuse in his or her life.

Just remember Lady Luck is fickle.

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You win a prize at school for guessing the correct score for the football game.

For once, you spend the money you borrowed from friends on food (rather than drugs).

Collect $400.

Gain 4 thinking/judgment points.

Quote Proverb

None will improve your lot, if you, yourself, do not.

All that glitters is not gold.

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) Playwright

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A friend drags you to an AA meeting. You go to the next meeting voluntarily and make a commitment to yourself that you will try to clean up your act.

You steal something from a neighbor and sell it for $100. He asks you about it.

Give $100 to one of the other players in the game.

If you don't have $100 dollars sell one of your Roll one die to see how long you keep this possessions to raise the money.commitment. The number you roll determines how many points you earn back on your score sheet.

Quote

Quote

A friend loveth at all times.

The Bible Proverbs 17:17

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Man is not a creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of the man.

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) British Statesman

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You find someone's wallet and return it to him. He gives you a reward.

You lose your wallet.

Lose all the cash you currently have.

Collect $50.

Quote Quote

Anything that can go wrong, Honesty is the best policy. will go wrong. Miguel De Cervantes (1547-1616) Edward E Murphy (b. 1925) Spanish writer Engineer

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You win a new television set. You are beginning to understand the

phrase “if it’s not one thing it’s another.”

Add another television set to your Lose a turn possession list (cash value is the same

as your old TV.)

Proverb

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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Quote

Bad luck, you know seldom comes alone.

Miguel De Cervantes (1547-1616)

Spanish writer

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You find $30 dollars in the pocket of one of your old coats.

There is a big thunderstorm. A tree falls on your car.

Collect $30.

Quote The man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) Author

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Cross your car off your possessions list.

Quote

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass.

Ann Landers (1918-2002)

American Journalist

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An old friend of yours suddenly comes back into your life.

You get a flat tire.

Gain 4 friends points. Pay $60 to get it fixed. Quote

Quote No man is useless while he has a friend.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish writer

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If there is a 50-50 chance that some- thing can go wrong, then 9 times out of 10 it will.

Paul Harvey (1918-2009) American journalist

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You have been worried about the negative effects of using or mixing drugs. You stop mixing and cut way back on how much drugs you are doing.

You make a big mistake at school and are worried that your teacher will think less of you if you tell her about it.

Lose 2 self-confidence points.

Your next consequence affects you half as much.

Quote

QuoteWhen written in Chinese, the word

"crisis" is composed of two characters− one represents danger and the other opportunity.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response that counts.

Nikki Giovanni (b. 1943)

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) U.S. Poet U. S. President

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You send out holiday cards to all your friends and relatives.

A lightning bolt strikes your home destroying anything that was plugged in.

Earn 2 friends points. Cross your laptop, TV, and your iPod off your

score sheet. Earn 2 family points.

Quote Fact Sir, a man should keep his friendship in constant repair.

Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Essayist

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The odds of being struck by lightning on any given day are 1 in 250 million.

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A waitress dumps a milkshake on your best clothes right before an important school event. You are very embarrassed since the stain won't come off.

You stay sober for 1 week.

Gain 2 physical health points.

Gain 2 personal accomplishment points.

Lose 2 self-confidence points.

QuoteQuote Life is simply one damn thing after A journey of a thousand miles must

begin with a single step. another.

Lao Tzu (6th century) Attributed to Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915)

American writer and editor Chinese Philosopher

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You get food poisoning. Even though you aren't so well off

yourself, you know you are doing better than the homeless people you see on the street. You donate one of your possessions to charity.

Lose 2 physical health points.

Cross one of your possessions off your score sheet.

Gain 2 personal accomplishment points.

Quote Life is a bag of snakes; you don't know which ones are poisonous until they bite you.

Anonymous

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Proverb

Tis better to give than receive.

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A long lost uncle remembers you in his will.

You were bored and threw rocks at a hornet's nest. You were stung 37 times.

Collect $2,000. Lose 4 physical health points.

Quote

Quote

Savings is a very fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you.

Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched.

Attributed to Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

English Statesman Miguel De Cervantes (1547-1616)

Spanish writer

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You keep a friend from shooting up. You find someone's wallet, but since

there is no cash in it you throw it away. You later discover that there was a $500 reward for returning the wallet and the pictures it contained.

Gain 4 friend points.

Gain 2 personal accomplishment points. Lose 1 thinking/judgment point.

Lose 2 personal accomplishment points.

Proverb

It is never too late to mend.

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Proverb

Wisdom and virtue are like the two wheels of a cart.

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You win a prize at school for knowing the correct answer to a question.

A drunk driver crashes into your home.

Add $20 dollars worth of CDs Cross off your flat screen tv to your possession list.

from your possession list.

Proverb Proverb

No knowledge is wasted. When God throws, the dice are loaded.

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You become a big brother/sister to a disadvantaged child. You hope you can make a difference so that the child won't make the same mistakes that you did.

You get pulled over for speeding again. Pay the bank $130 fine for speeding.

• No money? Sell possessions. • No possessions? Borrow from friends or

family but it will cost 2 additional social support points.

Gain 2 personal accomplishment points. Gain 2 friend points. Quote

There are only two families in the world, the haves and the have-nots.

Miguel De Cervantes (1547-1616) Spanish writer

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Proverb

Commit a sin thrice

and you will think it allowable.

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While cleaning out your closet you find your piggy bank. The bank is filled with loose change worth $20.

A rock flung off a gravel truck and breaks the windshield of your car.

Pay the bank $200 dollars to replace it.

• No money? Sell possessions. Collect $20.

• No possessions? Borrow from friends or

family, but it will cost

2 additional social support points . Quote

We cannot direct the wind, Proverb but we can adjust the sails.

Miracles do happen. Dolly Parton (b. 1946) American Musician

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You remember Mother's Day and get your mom flowers.

You are having a really bad day when a complete stranger comes up and asks you directions. You don't feel like talking to anyone, but you know it's not fair to take it out on others so you give him the directions. A few days later you run into him again and he gives you a $50 gift certificate as thanks.

Gain 2 family points. Collect $50.

Quote There is no way I can pay you back Quote but the plan is to show you that I understand. You are appreciated. Don't you know I love you, dear lady?

Tupac Shakur (1971-1996) American rapper

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Of cheerfulness, or good temper− the more it is spent, the more of it remains.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Poet

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You remember Father's Day and give your dad a card.

While aiming for your newly washed car a bird gets you instead.

Gain 2 family points.

Lose 2 self-confidence points.

Quote Quote Blessed indeed is that man who hears many gentle voices call him father.

Taken as a whole, the universe is absurd.

Lydia M. Child (1802-1880) Walter Bagshot (1826-1877)

American author Author

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Your family forces you into rehabilitation against your will. They say it is for your own good and they are only doing it because they love you. Once there, you feel like hell. After you have been sober for a month you realize you feel real good and are glad that your family loves you.

You were strung out on meth and thought you were an alien. When you confided in a friend he/she laughed at you and told everyone else in your circle. Now you feel embarrassed because of the way you acted.

Lose 2 emotional health points.

Gain 2 family points. Lose 2 self-confidence points.

Gain 2 physical health points.

Quote

To love another person is to see the face of God.

Herbert Kretzmer

Songwriter

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Quote A man is but the product of his thoughts, what he thinks, he becomes.

Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) Indian Leader

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You talk to elementary school students about the dangers of alcohol and drugs.

A person is tailgating you and he runs into your car and damages it. You lose your temper when he blames the accident on you and you attack him. You are arrested for assault.

Gain 2 personal satisfaction points. Pay $100 to fix your car. If you do not have the Gain 2 self-confidence points.

money, subtract it off the worth of your car.

GO TO JAIL!

Quote Quote Some people are so fond of bad-luck that they run half-way to meet it.

Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.

Douglas Jerrold (1803-1857)

English Playwright Aldous Huxley (1894-1903)

British novelist

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You meet a friend who has cleaned up his act and he wants to help you.

There is a big storm and hailstones, the size of baseballs, come down. The hailstorm damages your car.

Gain 3 friends points. Pay $250 to fix your car or subtract $250 off the value of your car.

QuoteQuote

The friend is the man who knows all

about you and still likes you.

Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) American author/editor

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The universe is not hostile, nor is it friendly. It is.

John Haynes Holmes (1879-1964)

Author

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You refuse to sell drugs even though you can use the money.

A stray dog bites your ankle and limps away. You have to get rabies shots.

Pay $100 for medical treatment.

• No money? Sell possessions. • No possessions? Borrow from friends or

family but it will cost you Gain 4 personal accomplishment points.

1 social support point.

ProverbProverb Whatever doesn’t kill me makes me

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SAFE CARD You accidentally hit a skunk. Your car

smells awful and all your friends and even random strangers are teasing you about the smell.

Use this card to avoid one consequence in the future and then return it to the deck. Lose 3 self-confidence points.

Quote

Proverb

The calm before the storm.

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It is not the criminal things that are hard to confess, but the ridiculous.

Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)

French philosopher

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You find a dog running around in the road. You get it out of the road, keep it safe and use the number on its collar to get in touch with the owner. He is so grateful to have his beloved dog back that he gives you a $100 reward.

A tornado hits your house while you are at school. The house is devastated. Miraculously, one of your favorite possessions is unharmed.

Lose all your possessions except your car (it was

at school with you) and 1 possession that you Collect $100.

choose.

QuoteQuote

Though you drive nature with a The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. pitchfork, she always returns.

Horace (65-8 BC) Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Roman poet Poet

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You wrote a story on the dangers of drug abuse and mail it into a newspaper.

The elevator gets stuck with you aboard. You miss half a day at school with nothing to do but listen to the elevator music. Now you can't get the song "You Light Up My Life" out of your head.

They pay you $100 and print the story.

Gain 2 personal accomplishment points. Lose 2 emotional health points.

Quote

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)

English Clergyman

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Proverb

Time is money.

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An old friend comes into your life to thank you for the help you gave him. He said it changed his life for the better.

You decide to volunteer your time at a local homeless shelter. It keeps you busy and you feel like you are finally doing some good in the world.

Gain 4 personal accomplishment points. Gain 4 friend points.

Gain 2 self-confidence points.

Quote QuoteWithout friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

The busy bee has no time for sorrows.

Aristotle (384-322 BC) William Blake (1757-1827) Greek Philosopher English poet

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You see a man on the street suddenly grab his chest and fall over. You call an ambulance and stay with him till help gets there. He is the head of a successful company and is so grateful to you for your help that he gets you a job.

You win free skydiving tickets. You are so excited and nervous that you don't pay much attention to the teacher's directions and you break your arm during the landing.

Lose 2 physical health points.

Gain 1 personal accomplishment point.Collect $400 every time you pass the $ squares

instead of $200.

Quote

There is no hope of joy except in human relations.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944)

Author

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Quote

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919))

U.S. president

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